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OCAD University

Toronto, Ontario

Welcome to the OCAD University Artist Showcase, where you can discover works available for rent or sale by current OCAD U students and recent graduates.

OCAD University is the largest and most comprehensive art, design and media university in Canada. The OCAD U Artist Showcase on Partial makes it simple to support the creative practices and careers of our artists and designers. Get a head start on viewing and collecting the incredible work produced by our top creative talent.

The emerging artists and designers featured on the OCAD U Artist Showcase have undergone a juried selection process. Noted for their standout skills and dedication, their work has been specifically chosen for this showcase.

Meet Our Artists

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Nadine Alexeev
OCAD U Feature Artist
Nadine Alexeev is a Russian/Ukrainian contemporary painter and textiles artist based in Toronto. She is a fi...
Sophie Sawicka
OCAD U Feature Artist
Sophie Sawicka is a painter based in Toronto, Canada. In her paintings Sophie explores themes of memory and m...
Celia Petconi
OCAD U Feature Artist
My goal is to create art that is meaningful, interesting, and for it to look great on a wall. I love using bri...
Leilah Dhoré
OCAD U Feature Artist
Leilah Dhoré is a visual artist and arts facilitator based in Toronto.
Anoosh Mubashar
OCAD U Feature Artist
Anoosh is a Toronto-based artist who enjoys working in many mediums, especially paint and printmaking. She is ...
Deepikah bhardwaj
OCAD U Feature Artist
Deepikah(Born in 1985) is an Indian interdisciplinary artist based in Toronto, who graduated with an MFA in In...
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Featured Works

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Strength & Fragility
  • Alessandra Singh
  • 26" x 36" x 2"
  • $875 buy
#flowers #feminism #fragility #collage #multimedia
Everything Matters
  • Sophia Kim
  • 20" x 20"
  • $1000 buy — $43 try
#mushroom #still life #oil #canvas
Manifesto
  • Corynn Kokolakis
  • 50" x 72" x 1.5"
  • $5400 buy — $300 try
#movement #child #process #children #figure
Biophilia
  • ESTHER DOË KIM
  • 30" x 40"
  • Sold
#abstracts #home #nature
Tuesday Morning
  • Mekayla Dionne
  • 10" x 8" x 1.5"
  • $160 buy — $25 try
#bright #landscape #pink #toronto #yellow
I Destroy Everything I Touch
  • Stacy Athena May
  • 44" x 44" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy
#abstract
Blue Moon
  • Donny Nie
  • 32" x 48"
  • $2600 buy — $300 try
#abstract #painting #colour
Vessel of Offerings I
  • Helen Tran
  • 10.2" x 13"
  • $150 buy
#printmaking #print #porcelain #ceramics #cyanotype
Untraced Journeys
  • Firouzeh Saremi Far
  • 24" x 24"
  • $600 buy
#abstract
Silent Shouting
  • Sophia Kim
  • 16" x 12"
  • Sold
#gestures #oil #grasses #nature
Cursed Girl
  • Olivia Di Gregorio
  • 11" x 14" x 0.5"
  • Unavailable
#russian #babayaga #romanticism #folklore #magic
Olde Towne
  • Camilla Teodoro
  • 12" x 35"
  • $700 buy
#colourful #illustration #gouache #2-d painting #toronto
Room
  • Lilian Sim
  • 43" x 35"
  • Unavailable
#large #textile #bloom #spring #women
Afloat
  • Anam Feerasta
  • 24" x 24" x 1.5"
  • $650 buy — $33 try
#oil #portrait #figurative
Reflections Surround 17
  • Hana Elmasry
  • 8" x 8" x 2"
#art #multimedia #work #colour #painting
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Witnesses #1
Shahrzad Amin
Latest News
September 2022

Career Launcher Recipient Kasra Goodarznezhad Wins EQ Bank's Emerging Digital Artist Award

The Emerging Digital Artists Award (EDAA) is Canada’s award for critical experimentation in digital media, proudly presented by EQ Bank and Trinity Square Video. Launched in 2015, the award celebrates the contributions of artists working exclusively in virtual space. Kasra Goodarznezhad was selected for his work Evolving Maps: A Collective Memory, 2022.

August 2022

Announcing the latest recipients of the Partial Artist Showcase.

Vridhhi Chaudhry, Sara Shoghi, Helio Eudoro, Kaspian Kondrat, Helen Tran, Grace Hotchkiss, Alessandra Singh, Anam Feerasta.

Announcing  Clara Kim as a recipient of the Slate Asset Management 2022 Career Launcher public art exhibit in the lobby of 2 St. Clair West.

We're excited to announce Irene Lee as the recipient of the Programs, Publications and Shop Assistant Career Launcher at Art Metropole ; a non-profit visual arts centre with a focus on contemporary art in formats predisposed to circulation and dissemination.

We're thrilled to announce the five new artists who will be working closely with NEO Exchange over the next year to create commissioned works of art to commemorate a new listing or a new fund on the NEO stock exchange.

Kristen Qing, Brian Jiang, Olivia Aguiar, Sara Shoghi, Trinity Leon

Congratulations to Tizzi Tan, Mina Nowzari and Briar Tawse-Smith on being the recipients of the Membership Career Launcher at Gallery 44 which is committed to programs that reflect the continuously changing definition of photography.

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